Buzzfeed says much of its increase in traffic comes from Facebook, adding that Twitter referral traffic has also surged.

Social sharing news and entertainment site Buzzfeed attracted more than 10 million UK users in November, the first time it has provided official figures on its progress since launching a London office earlier year.

Buzzfeed said that growth in its global popularity – which now also includes dedicated operations in Brazil, France and Buzzfeed en Espanol – had pushed it to a record high of 130 million global unique users last month.

In November 30 posts of articles and content received more than 1 million views, according to figures released by Buzzfeed on Monday.

The company said that it attracted more users in November than in the first four years of the website's existence combined. Buzzfeed was founded in 2006.

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